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From this reading Marguerita Bay lies on the Mexican coast about 200 miles north of Cape St. Lucas.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading We passed, as it were, through a succession of mill-ponds, filled with low, green islands, whose dense shubbery extended to the water’s edge.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Marguerita Bay lies on the Mexican coast about 200 miles north of Cape St. Lucas.
arrivingverbUS /ərˈaɪvɪŋ/
-ing form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading On arriving the schooner was “kedged” up the lagoons running parallel with the coast fully one hundred miles.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We passed, as it were, through a succession of mill-ponds, filled with low, green islands, whose dense shubbery extended to the water’s edge.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading WHALING IN MARGUERITA BAY.
CapenounUS /keɪp/
a strip of land projecting into a body of water
From this reading Marguerita Bay lies on the Mexican coast about 200 miles north of Cape St. Lucas.
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading Marguerita Bay lies on the Mexican coast about 200 miles north of Cape St. Lucas.
denseadjectiveUS /dens/
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
From this reading We passed, as it were, through a succession of mill-ponds, filled with low, green islands, whose dense shubbery extended to the water’s edge.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading We passed, as it were, through a succession of mill-ponds, filled with low, green islands, whose dense shubbery extended to the water’s edge.
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
From this reading We passed, as it were, through a succession of mill-ponds, filled with low, green islands, whose dense shubbery extended to the water’s edge.
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading We passed, as it were, through a succession of mill-ponds, filled with low, green islands, whose dense shubbery extended to the water’s edge.
to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (“full” in this sense is used as a combining form)
From this reading On arriving the schooner was “kedged” up the lagoons running parallel with the coast fully one hundred miles.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading We passed, as it were, through a succession of mill-ponds, filled with low, green islands, whose dense shubbery extended to the water’s edge.
ten 10s
From this reading On arriving the schooner was “kedged” up the lagoons running parallel with the coast fully one hundred miles.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WHALING IN MARGUERITA BAY.
plural of “island” — a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading We passed, as it were, through a succession of mill-ponds, filled with low, green islands, whose dense shubbery extended to the water’s edge.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We passed, as it were, through a succession of mill-ponds, filled with low, green islands, whose dense shubbery extended to the water’s edge.
kedged
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From this reading On arriving the schooner was “kedged” up the lagoons running parallel with the coast fully one hundred miles.
lagoonsnounUS /ləˈɡuːnz/
plural of “lagoon” — a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
From this reading On arriving the schooner was “kedged” up the lagoons running parallel with the coast fully one hundred miles.
plural of “lie” — a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
From this reading Marguerita Bay lies on the Mexican coast about 200 miles north of Cape St. Lucas.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading We passed, as it were, through a succession of mill-ponds, filled with low, green islands, whose dense shubbery extended to the water’s edge.
LucasnounUS /ˈluːkəs/
United States screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944)
From this reading Marguerita Bay lies on the Mexican coast about 200 miles north of Cape St. Lucas.
MARGUERITA
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From this reading WHALING IN MARGUERITA BAY.
MexicannounUS /ˈmeksəkən/
a native or inhabitant of Mexico
From this reading Marguerita Bay lies on the Mexican coast about 200 miles north of Cape St. Lucas.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading Marguerita Bay lies on the Mexican coast about 200 miles north of Cape St. Lucas.
mill-ponds
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From this reading We passed, as it were, through a succession of mill-ponds, filled with low, green islands, whose dense shubbery extended to the water’s edge.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading Marguerita Bay lies on the Mexican coast about 200 miles north of Cape St. Lucas.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Marguerita Bay lies on the Mexican coast about 200 miles north of Cape St. Lucas.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Marguerita Bay lies on the Mexican coast about 200 miles north of Cape St. Lucas.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading On arriving the schooner was “kedged” up the lagoons running parallel with the coast fully one hundred miles.
parallelnounUS /ˈperəlel/
something having the property of being analogous to something else
From this reading On arriving the schooner was “kedged” up the lagoons running parallel with the coast fully one hundred miles.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading We passed, as it were, through a succession of mill-ponds, filled with low, green islands, whose dense shubbery extended to the water’s edge.
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading On arriving the schooner was “kedged” up the lagoons running parallel with the coast fully one hundred miles.
schoonernounUS /ˈskuːnər/
a large beer glass
From this reading On arriving the schooner was “kedged” up the lagoons running parallel with the coast fully one hundred miles.
shubbery
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From this reading We passed, as it were, through a succession of mill-ponds, filled with low, green islands, whose dense shubbery extended to the water’s edge.
St
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From this reading Marguerita Bay lies on the Mexican coast about 200 miles north of Cape St. Lucas.
successionnounUS /səkˈseʃən/
a following of one thing after another in time
From this reading We passed, as it were, through a succession of mill-ponds, filled with low, green islands, whose dense shubbery extended to the water’s edge.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Marguerita Bay lies on the Mexican coast about 200 miles north of Cape St. Lucas.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This took two weeks.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading We passed, as it were, through a succession of mill-ponds, filled with low, green islands, whose dense shubbery extended to the water’s edge.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We passed, as it were, through a succession of mill-ponds, filled with low, green islands, whose dense shubbery extended to the water’s edge.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading This took two weeks.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading This took two weeks.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading On arriving the schooner was “kedged” up the lagoons running parallel with the coast fully one hundred miles.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On arriving the schooner was “kedged” up the lagoons running parallel with the coast fully one hundred miles.
water'snounUS /ˈwɔːtərz/
possessive form of “water” — binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading We passed, as it were, through a succession of mill-ponds, filled with low, green islands, whose dense shubbery extended to the water’s edge.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We passed, as it were, through a succession of mill-ponds, filled with low, green islands, whose dense shubbery extended to the water’s edge.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading This took two weeks.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We passed, as it were, through a succession of mill-ponds, filled with low, green islands, whose dense shubbery extended to the water’s edge.
WHALINGverbUS /ˈweɪlɪŋ/
-ing form of “whale” — hunt for whales
From this reading WHALING IN MARGUERITA BAY.
belonging to which person
From this reading We passed, as it were, through a succession of mill-ponds, filled with low, green islands, whose dense shubbery extended to the water’s edge.
in the company of; together with
From this reading On arriving the schooner was “kedged” up the lagoons running parallel with the coast fully one hundred miles.
